Etihad Airways has enhanced its presence in Europe by signing an interline partnership with Austrian Airlines and a new codeshare agreement with Italy’s ITA Airways.

The Abu Dhabi-based airline announced the moves following its switch to the Amadeus Altea Passenger Service System earlier this month. The Amadeus Altea system manages the check-in and boarding of all Etihad flights at airports across the world.

Etihad has also agreed interline deals with Philippine Airlines and Airlink South Africa, as well as relaunching interline links with Biman Bangladesh and initiating a codeshare with Air Seychelles.

Arik De, Etihad’s chief revenue officer, said: “These six interline/code agreements make life easier for guests of all the airlines involved. 

“With Austrian Airlines, this tie-in gives our guests access to 58 European destinations via Vienna, which is operated by Etihad daily during the summer, and joins the other four members of the Lufthansa Group with whom we already have interline or codeshare agreements.

“Etihad’s successful partnership with ITA Airways over Rome Fiumicino to Italy, Europe and beyond has also been restored following ITA’s own Amadeus Altea migration in February.”

The new interline and codeshare agreements will be “progressively rolled out” in the coming weeks across all of Etihad’s sales channels including travel agents.